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A message
Seventeen paintings of the biblical message were given to the state in 1966
The museum houses the series of seventeen paintings illustrating the biblical message, painted by Chagall and offered to the French State in 1966. The series illustrates the books of Genesis, Exodus and the Song of Songs.
Seventeenpaintings of the biblical message, given to the French State in 1966
His say
Chagall chose where every work would hang
The museum was created during the artist's lifetime, with the support of the Minister of Culture André Malraux, and inaugurated in 1973. Chagall gave detailed instructions for the garden by Henri Fish and decided the place of each work. He made the mosaic over the pond and the blue stained glass of the concert hall.
Growing
Gifts and a purchase turned it into a Chagall museum
In 1972 the artist gave the museum all the preparatory sketches of the Message Biblique, with stained glass and sculptures. In 1986 the museum acquired the complete drawings and gouaches for the Exodus and ten other paintings, including the triptych Résistance, Résurrection, Libération.
Day 2, midday
It comes after Matisse Museum. Then Russian Orthodox Cathedral of Nice.
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